by Clayton Dalton | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
For decades, archaeologists like Dr. George Bey, professor of anthropology and director of the Millsaps Yucatán Program, relied on painstaking ground surveys to locate ancient Maya sites. “We would put a team together, march through the forest and if someone hit...
by Joey Lee | Aug 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dr. William “Bill” Storey, longtime professor of history and Sanderson Chair of Arts and Sciences at Millsaps College, has published a groundbreaking biography that takes aim at one of the most polarizing figures in British imperial history: Cecil John Rhodes....
by Clayton Dalton | Jun 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dr. David Yates brings the ancient world to life through immersive, hands-on teaching. Every year, students from Jackson Prep join us on campus to step into the roles of Greek and Roman soldiers, experiencing history through full-scale armor, shields and battlefield...
by Stacey Gaines | Feb 23, 2024
My main area of research is the cultural and medical history of France and the Francophone regions of the lower Mississippi Valley. I have written about French political satire, medical disputes and dueling in New Orleans, and sickle cell and segregation in...
by Summer Wilton | Feb 7, 2024
I am a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and I graduated from Millsaps College in 1999. I completed my Ph.D. in history at Mississippi State in 2009, and joined the Millsaps faculty in 2010. My book “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council, 1954-1989” was...
